Girls' name · since 1985
Keniesha
Keniesha has 94 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 94
- total births
- 1985–1997
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
Keniesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 94 have been recorded since 1985.
Social Security Administration records show Keniesha recorded 94 times among girls since 1985, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 1997.
- 94 total births
- 1985–1997 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 74% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keniesha's 94 recorded births place it above 61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keniesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keniesha's full recorded timeline at 1992, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keniesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1997
- Peak year (1991)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Keniesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Keniesha's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Keniesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 70 births (74% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keniesha: Baby Name Since 1985 - 94 Births, Peak 1991." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keniesha. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Keniesha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.